For the matte look of the blankets, try marzipan or fondant. You can buy it pre-made and colored at Michaels craft store.
SickoftheUS
I’m confused as to what makes these cupcakes “atheist”, other than an interpretation as possibly being disparaging to the mindless breeding/family/bible script, which I’m not sure was intended based on all the “cute” comments on the original site (and here).
Hitch
We are having fun with our own negative stereotypes. This one is called “Atheists eat babies.”
SickoftheUS
Ah, I see. But seriously, I wonder if there is a correlation between atheism and number of children.
DaBigQ
At first, I didn’t get the whole “eating babies” thing. I just thought they were atheists because their eyes were open!
Clay
Allthough I can see the humor in this, I also feel the negativity is only more ammo for the theists to use against us.
lisa
Awesome!!
Moxiequz
I’m still curious where the whole “atheist eat babies” meme originated. Does anyone have a link or any source of someone making that claim in a non-ironic/non-sarcastic fashion?
Hitch
@SickoftheUS: Don’t have a source so take with grain of salt, but as best I know high religiosity correlates with lots of children. However Sweden, one of the most secular countries in Europe is not the one with the lowest child birth rates in Europe. For example Sweden beats Italy in birth rate handly, even though Italy is much more religious.
So the relationship is not that easy. Sweden has a great child-care and maternity support system.
plutosdad
Moxiequz
It’s from the Bible, we will all eat our own young because we are idolaters or oppress the Lord’s people. (Deut might be the only one that applies, since Ezekiel is about the Israelites and Isaiah is about- I think – Persia) but god sure seems to love the imagery of eating your own babies:
Deuteronomy 28:53
Ezekiel 5:10
Isaiah 49:26
kumquatwriter
@Clay – if we let them take our sense of humor, we have lost our second greatest weapon. (the first is logic) (all IMHO, of course)
I too went “um, how are these atheist?” but then I also already have one very busy little godless fiend in my belly. As soon as someone pointed out RAR ATHEISTS EAT BABIES I got it and laughed as hard as I dared (there are certain embarrassing side effects to the later stages of pregnancy when one laughs. I try to avoid that when possible)
